What certificates does a glass food storage container need to enter the US?

For a glass food storage container, the things you must have are: Food contact material guaranty; Country of origin marking; Importer registration and customs bond.

The things you must have

• Food contact material guaranty

  Ask your factory for its written guaranty identifying each material and the FDA rules it meets.

• Country of origin marking

  Your factory supplies English markings.

• Importer registration and customs bond

  Your broker files CBP Form 5106; they'll arrange bonds for formal entries.

How many requirements are in the checklist?

The full checklist has 5 items: 4 apply to every product in this category, 1 apply only in some situations, and 0 are notes rather than steps.

Laboratory tests and their conditions

Migration testing; lead and cadmium leaching from ceramics; total fluorine testing for PFAS

This checklist doesn't list any mandatory laboratory tests for this product.

What to look at for this product

If your glass food storage container has glass food contact walls, request a food contact guaranty for the glass walls and food touching lid components.

If your container has a lid with food touching seals, ask your factory for the seal materials and any additives used around the closure.

If your container will hold food during storage, request migration testing evidence covering its glass body and the food contacting lid.

If your container falls within California's cookware disclosure rules, ask which chemicals its supplier must disclose for the glass body and food touching lid.

If your container has a nonstick or treated food contact coating, ask the coating supplier about PFAS used in that surface treatment.

If your container's food contact finish is checked for PFAS, request total fluorine results covering its glass walls and food touching lid seals.

Labels and state rules

No product-specific federal rules; California AB 1200 requires cookware chemical disclosures.

Cookware PFAS bans: Minnesota 2025, Maine and Colorado 2026, Vermont date pending; Proposition 65.

How this page was prepared

This page matches a product name to the rule library. We haven't inspected the physical product, and this isn't legal advice.